Former Mason Valley News publisher dies at 59

10:57 PM,
Jan. 28, 2014

Dave Sanford

Written by

Jim Sanford
Special to the Mason Valley News

Former Mason Valley News publisher Dave Sanford, 59, whose family built the Mason Valley News into one of Nevada's top weekly newspapers, has died.

David Walter Sanford, 59, died at South Lyon Medical Center in Yerington on Sunday. A celebration of life has been scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday at the Yerington Vineyard Fellowship, with a reception to follow at the Catholic Center.

David was born in Fallon on June 12, 1954, the youngest child of Robert (Bob) and Martha Sanford. At birth, he was diagnosed with a hole in his heart the size of a 50-cent piece, and he became the second person on the West ...